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Originally Posted by thehef
I was just running a test, historical with no historical transactions, with minors, with development on, 1-yr re-calc. Koufax played until age 50, and was dominant except for his final season, where he was merely very good. Clemente played until 49 and was also excellent.
I tried another test, same settings except I turned development on but had Talent Change Randomness set to 2 (meaning development was in effect, but just barely). In that test, the development engine apparently took over after Koufax & Clemente ran out of real-life stats, and their OOTP careers then took believable paths: Koufax was excellent for 5 more seasons (after his real-life retirement), then had a mediocre final season at age 36, and retired. Clemente played two more seasons as a part-timer before retiring at age 39. (Also, Lyman Bostock had a reasonable OOTP career: a couple decent seasons before fading away.)
So I think - based upon limited testing - the answer to quillenl's question is to play with the development engine on, and having the number set very low. That's assuming you want guys to have seasons similar to their real-life seasons, and want guys who retired early IRL to keep playing in OOTP, but not to unrealistic levels and age.
Finally, it may be worth noting that the Retire According to History and Miss Seasons Accdg to History checkboxes do not work if you are playing with historical transactions. This used to work - you could play with historical transactions, uncheck Retire Accdg to History, and Koufax would not retire early. Several versions ago this was changed for some unknown reason, and the ability to play that way no longer exists.
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Several of my solo leagues have Talent Change Randomness set to 1. I do not believe it has the effect on development you may think from what I have seen, I see a small difference in nobodies become star prospects, and virtually no difference in the number of players who suddenly go from stars to done. I'd started playing that way in non recalc leagues as I found historical careers to be a happier middle ground between recalc and the default randomness setting of 100. I'd experimented with it expecting top see just what you'd expect... and started using it when I discovered it was actually a very nice setting for my historical leagues.
Long story short I see unbelievably little difference between the setting it at 1 and setting it at 100 in leagues where I do not use recalc. Sim a historical league 50 seasons while eating dinner with it set to 1 and you'll see what I mean when you look at the leaderboards. Very little difference in the number of players being productive in their late 30s and longer.